Cultivator



'A/Wf/VESES 140456. Af "755 May 4 -1926. 1,583,329

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Patented May 4, 19.2.6.

Param asics CARL A. Ywiss,,onronlr ponen, rowA.

CULTZIVATOR.

- Application ledseptember 30, 41924. Serial Flo. 740,804.

To all whpm t may con-cern: l v

Be it known that I, CARL A/Viss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort- Dodge, in the county of ifxebster and State.

of Iowa, have invented certain newl and uscful Improvements in Gultivators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention appertains to and the primary object of the present invention is to provide a novel cultivator'for cuitivating the putting greens of golf courses and which is so constructedas to permit the easy operation thereof over the green.

Another object of the invention is to provide a putting green cultivatorv for golf courses embodying a wheeled supporting frame and a cylinder supporting a plurality of rows of cultivat-or teeth adjustably connected with the frame whereby the cylinder can be effectively raisedand lowered as may be desired during the use of the implement'.

A further object of the invention is the provision of novel means vfor mounting the cylinder within the supporting frame.

A still further object of the' invention is to provide a novel cultivator of the above character, which will be durable and ei'iicient in use, one that will be simple and easy to manufacture and onewhich can be placed upon the market at a reasonable cost.

1With these and other objects in view,.the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation'of parts, as will he hereinafter more specifically described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which drawings,

Figure 1 is a top pla-n View of the improved cultivator,

Figure 2 is a section through the same taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 looking lin the direction of the arrows,

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the improved cultivator showing the drawing yoke in cross section,

Figure is a fragmentary detail trans? verse section through the cultivator illustrating the means of connecting the cylinder with the supporting'v frame,

Figure 5 is a detail section taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 4: looking in the direction of the arrows illustrating -themeans for adjustably mounting the cylinder on the frame, Y

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding vparts throughout the cultivators are rotatably'rmounted the groundy wheelsl 14. The wheels are held on the stub axles 13 against'#displacement in any preferred way. v

As ,shown the depending bars 12 directly above the stub axles 13 are'provided with a -pair of spaced vertically disposed slots 15 for a purpose, which will be hereinafter more fully described.

A U-shaped drawing yoke 16 is provided and has the rear terminals of the arms there of mounted upon pins 17 carried by the kdepending side bars 12 of the U-shaped supporting member Y10 and the arms of the drawing' yoke 16 preferably rest upon the As clearly shown in Figure 3 v stub axles. of the drawing the forward edges of the depending bars 12 of the member 10 have bolted or otherwise secured thereto gui-des 18 in which are fitted the arms of the drawing yoke 16. The forward end of the drawing yoke 16 has secured thereto in any desired' way the draw beam or handle 19 by means of which the cultivator is drawn or pushed over a field. f-

The cylinder C embodies end disks 20,'to the periphery of whichare secured a plurality of equl-distantly spaced bars 22 which carry the cultivator teeth 23.

A supporting shaft 26 extends axially through the disks 2O and these disks are secured to the shaft for rotation therewith in any preferred way. p p l The terminals of the shafts are'rotatably mounted in bearing blocks 27 which are secured by means of bolts 28 -to the means D employed for connecting the cylinder with the franieB. j

The means D for connecting the cylinder with the frame B comprises spaced plates 30 and these plates are provided with a pair of slots 31 which register with the slots 15 vin the depending bars 12 of the member 10.

As clearly shown in VFigure of the drawing Suitable bolts 32 are extended through the lpaths of registering slots 15 and 31 and these bolts hold the plates 8O in any preferred adjusted position. lt is obvious that the plates can be adjusted by first loosening` the bolts 32 and moving the plates 30 to the desired position and then tightening the bolts.

By this arrangement the cylinder can be readily raised or lowered as may be desired.

From the foregoing description, it can be seen that I have provided a novel eultivator of a ligl'it construction, which is particularly adapted for cultivating the putting greens of golf courses.

Changes as to details may be made without departing from the spirit or the scope of this invention, but-:

What l claim as new is A cultivator for the purpose speeiiied comprising a wheeled traine including an inverted U-shaped supporting member having a top bar and depending side bars, stub axles rigidly carried by the lower ends of the side bars and projecting outwardlyk therefrom, ground wheels rotatably mounted upon said stub axles, la draw yoke connected with said side bars, a transversely extending cylinder disposed in said supporting member between the side bars thereof ineluding a supporting shaft, spaced plates slidably engaging the inner faces of the side bars, means adjustably connecting the plates with the side bars, pivotally mounted bearing blocks secured to the inner face of the Side plates rotatably receiving the supporting shaft, and a plurality oi spaced rows ot' teeth carried by the cylinder.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CARL A. VVISS. 

